Assistant Financial Controller

PPHE Hotel Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday including bank

Discounted hotel rates in Europe

F&B discounts for you and guests

Benefit Hub discounts

Company pension

Pay advance (40% of pay)

Ride to Work Scheme

Dry cleaning for work uniform

Award-winning training

Annual staff parties

Job summary

PPHE Hotel Group is seeking an Assistant Financial Controller for the art’otel London Battersea Power Station. You will lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, manage intercompany activity, and ensure VAT compliance while supporting auditors and system improvements.

The role focuses on integrating SUN, SAP, and Board, ensuring accurate ledgers and strong financial controls across a premium hotel portfolio.

Qualifications

• Finance background in hotels.
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts.
• VAT submissions knowledge.
• Intercompany reconciliations experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, journals, accruals, prepayments, and monthly reports.
• Upload financial data into SUN, SAP, and Board with consistency.
• Approve and finalise monthly balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations.
• Finalise VAT submissions and file with HMRC on time.
• Conduct intercompany reconciliations and produce management accounts.
• Manage intercompany loans and movements.
• Identify process improvements and efficiencies.
• Collaborate across finance to drive best practices.
• Support group-wide finance system and process changes.
• Support internal and external auditors.
• Drive compliance of accounting controls and policies.
• Ensure hotel ledgers meet GAAP and corporate standards.
• Ensure VAT filing and record retention compliance.

Skills

Finance in hotels

Management accounts

VAT submissions

Intercompany reconciliations

Tools

SUN

SAP

Board

Job description

Location: art'otel London Battersea Power Station, United Kingdom

Assistant Financial Controller – art’otel London Battersea Power Station

If you're from a Finance background in hotels and looking for a defining step in your career, this role could be for you!

We are recruiting for an Assistant Financial Controllerfor our first art'otel in London! A premium lifestyle hotel situated next to the new, iconic, Battersea Power Station development. Perched on the Electric Boulevard, the 164 keys art'otel London Battersea Power Station sits in the heart of this newly energised neighbourhood, offering restaurants, bars, shops, and galleries, amidst the eye-catching architecture that surrounds the historical Battersea Power Station.

The Assistant Financial Controller role will be working in one of our most exciting hotels in London.

As our Assistant Financial Controller, you will…

• Prepare of all monthly management accounts, journal postings, accruals, prepayments, and monthly reports
• Responsible for uploading financial information into SUN, SAP, and Board, ensuring consistency across all systems
• Approval & Finalisation of monthly Balance Sheet and Intercompany reconciliations, investigating and correcting any variances
• Finalise VAT submissions and submit to HMRC in a timely manner
• Intercompany reconciliations and management accounts
• Manage intercompany loans and movement
• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing processes and procedures
• Engage in active collaboration within the finance community to identify opportunities for process improvements and best ways of working
• Support the development and implementation of group-wide finance system & process change projects
• Provide support for internal and external auditors
• Responsible for driving compliance of all Accounting and Financial Controls
• Ensure the accuracy of hotel ledgers and compliance with the accounting practices and procedures as required by corporate policies and procedures, and generally accepted accounting practices
• Ensure that all legal responsibilities are followed with regards to VAT, filing and retention of records etc.

Why join us as our Assistant Financial Controller?

• Start with 30 days of holiday per year - including bank holidays, increasing with years of service
• Heavily discounted hotel rates in Europe (extends to the Radisson Hotel Group and family & friends)
• F&B discounts at our restaurants and bars (for your whole party)
• Benefit Hub – Discounted prices at hundreds of online and high street stores, supermarkets, major retailers, attractions, restaurants, and cinemas.
• Company pension plan
• Access to 40% of your pay before payday!
• Ride to Work Scheme & free local cycling lessons
• Free dry cleaning for work uniform
• Award-winning training
• Annual Staff parties and events

If you share passion for art, culture and hospitality, art’otel is where people’s talents will feel at home. We aim to inspire guests to be creative and discover the arts; by dazzling them with sensational service by enriching their knowledge; by encouraging their passion for art and appetite for discovering the fun in life.